1980 Detroit Lions: 9-7-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (165 points scored, 90 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (169 points scored, 182 allowed) Head Coach: Monte Clark
334 points scored (11th of 28 teams), 272 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 248 423 2,941 (18) 6.28 13 12 572 2,599 ( 3) 4.5 21 5,540 ( 7) 31
Defense: 256 462 2,934 ( 9) 5.80 14 23 449 1,599 ( 1) 3.6 9 4,533 ( 3) 34
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Tom Skladany P 16 6'0 195 25 3 Ohio State 3 Eddie Murray K 16 5'10 165 24 R Tulane 16 Gary Danielson QB 16 6'2 195 29 4 Purdue 17 Eric Hipple QB 15 6'2 200 23 R Utah State 19 Jeff Komlo QB 4 6'2 200 24 2 Delaware 20 Billy Sims RB 16 6'0 210 25 R Oklahoma 21 Walt Williams DB 16 6'0 185 26 4 New Mexico State 24 Dexter Bussey RB 16 6'1 210 28 7 Texas-Arlington 24 Mike Whited OT 16 6'4 250 22 R Pacific 25 Horace King RB 16 5'10 205 27 6 Georgia 27 Luther Bradley DB 8 6'2 190 25 3 Notre Dame 28 James Hunter DB 16 6'3 195 26 5 Grambling 30 Ray Williams WR 6 5'9 170 22 R Washington State 31 Ken Callicutt RB 13 6'0 195 25 3 Clemson 32 Rick Kane RB 16 5'11 200 25 4 San Jose State 34 Prentice McCray DB 7 6'1 190 29 7 Arizona State 35 Jimmy Allen DB 15 6'2 190 28 7 UCLA 36 Bo Robinson RB 14 6'2 225 24 2 West Texas State 39 Leonard Thompson WR 16 5'10 190 28 6 Oklahoma State 42 Ray Oldham DB 16 6'0 190 29 8 Middle Tennessee State 44 Wayne Smith DB 16 6'0 170 23 R Purdue 47 John Arnold WR 10 5'10 175 25 2 Wyoming 48 Eddie Lewis DB 14 6'0 175 26 5 Kansas 50 Eddie Cole LB 13 6'2 235 23 2 Mississippi 51 James Harrell LB 5 6'1 220 23 2 Florida 52 Stan White LB 16 6'1 225 31 9 Ohio State 53 Garry Cobb LB 16 6'2 225 23 2 Southern California 55 Tom Turnure C 3 6'4 250 23 R Washington 57 Ken Fantetti LB 16 6'2 230 23 2 Wyoming 58 Derrel Luce LB 9 6'3 225 28 6 Baylor 59 Charlie Weaver LB 16 6'2 225 31 10 Southern California 60 Al Baker DE 15 6'6 245 23 3 Colorado State 61 Homer Elias OG 14 6'3 255 25 3 Tennessee State 61 Willie Parker C 4 6'3 245 31 8 North Texas State 62 John Mohring LB 1 6'3 240 23 1 C.W. Post 63 Alva Liles DT 1 6'3 255 24 1 Boise State 63 Dave Simmons LB 1 6'4 218 23 2 North Carolina 63 Mike McCoy DT 4 6'5 275 32 11 Notre Dame 64 John Mendenhall DT 15 6'1 255 31 9 Grambling 65 Amos Fowler C 13 6'3 250 24 3 Southern Mississippi 66 Burton Lawless OG 9 6'4 255 26 6 Florida 66 Tommie Ginn OG 14 6'3 250 22 R Arkansas 67 Wally Pesuit OG 1 6'4 250 26 5 Kentucky 67 Rod Walters OG 2 6'3 258 26 4 Iowa 70 Keith Dorney OT 9 6'5 260 22 2 Penn State 71 Tom Tuinei DT 12 6'4 250 22 R Hawaii 72 Vern Holland OT 2 6'5 267 32 10 Tennessee State 72 Chris Dieterich OT 8 6'3 255 22 R North Carolina State 73 Russ Bolinger OG 16 6'5 255 26 4 Long Beach State 75 Dave Pureifory DE 16 6'1 255 31 9 Eastern Michigan 76 Karl Baldischwiler OT 16 6'5 260 24 3 Oklahoma 77 John Woodcock DT 8 6'3 250 26 4 Hawaii 77 Curley Culp DT 3 6'1 265 34 13 Arizona State 79 William Gay DE 16 6'5 250 25 3 Southern California 80 Ulysses Norris TE 16 6'4 230 23 2 Georgia 81 David Hill TE 16 6'2 230 26 5 Texas A&I 84 Jesse Thompson WR 11 6'1 185 24 2 California 86 Mike Friede WR 4 6'3 200 23 R Indiana 87 Freddie Scott WR 16 6'2 180 28 7 Amherst
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Gary Danielson 417 244 58.5 3,223 7.73 13.2 13 3.1 11 2.6 44 338 82.4
Jeff Komlo 4 2 50.0 26 6.50 13.0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0 31.3
Tom Skladany 2 2 100.0 38 19.00 19.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Ray Williams 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 8 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Freddie Scott 53 834 15.7 4 Billy Sims 51 621 12.2 3 David Hill 39 424 10.9 1 Dexter Bussey 39 364 9.3 0 Leonard Thompson 19 511 26.9 3 Horace King 19 184 9.7 1 Jesse Thompson 11 137 12.5 0 Ray Williams 10 146 14.6 1 Rick Kane 5 26 5.2 0 Mike Friede 1 21 21.0 0 Ken Callicutt 1 19 19.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Billy Sims 313 1,303 4.2 13 Dexter Bussey 145 720 5.0 3 Gary Danielson 48 232 4.8 2 Rick Kane 31 125 4.0 0 Freddie Scott 5 86 17.2 1 Leonard Thompson 6 61 10.2 0 Horace King 18 57 3.2 1 Ray Williams 2 17 8.5 1 Bo Robinson 3 2 0.7 0 Jesse Thompson 1 -4 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Rick Kane 23 495 21.5 0 Ken Callicutt 16 301 18.8 0 Ray Williams 9 228 25.3 1 John Arnold 9 145 16.1 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD John Arnold 28 204 7.3 6 0 Ray Williams 27 259 9.6 4 0 Ken Callicutt 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1980 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 1 RB Billy Sims 60 Oklahoma 3 57 C Tom Turnure 63 Washington 3 62 WR Mike Friede 27 Indiana [pick acquired from BAL] 4 85 QB Eric Hipple 102 Utah State 5 111 DB Mark Streeter Arizona 5 120 OG Tommie Ginn 27 Arkansas [pick acquired from KC] 6 140 OT Chris Dietrich 105 North Carolina State 7 166 K Eddie Murray 250 Tulane 9 222 WR DeWayne Jett Hawaii 9 223 DT Tom Tuinei 12 Hawaii [pick acquired from SF via KC] 10 251 DB Henry Henderson Utah State 11 278 DB Wayne Smith 108 Purdue 12 307 WR Ray Williams 6 Washington State
Traded draft picks: #2 to MIN via SF (Willie Teal), #8 to BAL (Ken Walter)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1980 | Gene Washington retired |
| 04-08-1980 | traded Detroit's #12 pick in the 1981 draft and past considerations to Broncos for Denver's #8 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 04-10-1980 | traded Larry Tearry to Chiefs for Kansas City's #5 pick and #9 San Francisco's #9 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 04-15-1980 | Dave Gallagher retired |
| 04-24-1980 | traded Detroit's #8 pick in the 1980 draft to Colts for Stan White |
| 07-24-1980 | traded Ed O'Neil to Patriots for New England's #9 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 08-19-1980 | Al Baker retired |
| 09-11-1980 | Al Baker unretired |
1980 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 at Los Angeles Rams W 41-20 1-0-0 09/14/80 at Green Bay Packers W 29-7 2-0-0 09/21/80 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 20-7 3-0-0 09/28/80 vs Minnesota Vikings W 27-7 4-0-0 10/05/80 at Atlanta Falcons L 28-43 4-1-0 10/12/80 vs New Orleans Saints W 24-13 5-1-0 10/19/80 at Chicago Bears L 7-24 5-2-0 10/26/80 at Kansas City Chiefs L 17-20 5-3-0 11/02/80 vs San Francisco 49ers W 17-13 6-3-0 11/09/80 at Minnesota Vikings L 0-34 6-4-0 11/16/80 vs Baltimore Colts L 9-10 6-5-0 11/23/80 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 24-10 7-5-0 11/27/80 vs Chicago Bears L 17-23 (OT) 7-6-0 12/07/80 at St. Louis Cardinals L 23-24 7-7-0 12/14/80 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 27-14 8-7-0 12/21/80 vs Green Bay Packers W 24-3 9-7-0
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